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lack

/lak/

US pronunciation

American sound/lak/

lack

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> lack

Myanmar meaning

(v) ချို့တဲ့သည်။ ကင်းမဲ့သည်။ (n) မရှိမှု။ ချို့တဲ့မှု။ ကင်းမဲ့မှု။

Full entry

lack /læk/ v (no passive)

ချို့တဲ့သည်။ ကင်းမဲ့သည်။
lack creativity/ ambition / courage ❍ Her voice lacked conviction. ❍ They lacked the capital to develop the business. ❍ What he lacks in experience he makes up for in enthusiasm. ❍ She has the determination that her brother lacks.
n [U, sing] မရှိမှု။ ချို့တဲ့မှု။ ကင်းမဲ့မှု။
a lack of confidence/money/support ❍ The project was abandoned through (ie because of) lack of funds.
❏ be lacking [IDM ] လိုအပ်သည်။ မရှိ။ Money for the project is still lacking. ❍ "What is lacking is a master plan," he said.
❏ be lacking in sth [IDM ] ကင်းမဲ့သည်။ မရှိ။ be lacking in warmth/courage/strength ❍ The book was interesting but lacking in originality.

More examples

[lack of] : The match was cancelled because of lack of support.
Most of his problems stem from a lack of confidence.
[for lack of something] : The court case was dismissed for lack of evidence.
We couldn’t find her passport, but it wasn’t for lack of trying (=we tried hard to find it).

Synonyms

be short of, not have, be deficient in, need, require, abridgement, absence, be deprived of, be without, curtailment, dearth, decrease, default, defect, deficiency, deficit, denial, depletion, deprivation, destitution, dispossession, distress, drought, exigency, exiguity, fall short, famine, go short, go without, have need of, hurting for, inadequacy, inferiority, insufficience, insufficiency, loss, meagerness, minus, miss, necessity, nonexistence, not got, out, paucity, poverty, privation, reduction, removal, retrenchment, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortcoming, shortfall, shortness, shrinkage, shrinking, slightness, stint, too little too late, unavailability, want, want for, withdrawal

Antonyms

abundance, addition, advantage, affluence, dislike, enlargement, enough, excess, expansion, extra, glut, have, increase, lot, perfection, plenty, plethora, profusion, success, sufficiency, surplus

Cross references

be short of not have be deficient in need require abridgement absence be deprived of be without curtailment dearth decrease default defect deficiency deficit denial depletion deprivation destitution dispossession distress drought exigency exiguity fall short famine go short

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